Koyama Press » Don’t Come in Here seemingly unlimited number of identical rooms and manifests distracting illusions and other psychological hurdles The story unfolds in vignettes that voyeuristically document the character s domestic activities in an increasingly disorienting environment Patrick Kyle lives and works in Toronto ON He is the co founder and editor of Wowee Zonk a contemporary comic book anthology featuring up and coming international artists He has been previously nominated for Doug Wright and

Koyama Press » After Nothing Comes tone poems on paper Aidan Koch was born in Seattle WA and currently lives and works in Brooklyn NY She received her BFA in Illustration at the Pacific NW College of Art in Portland OR and works in a variety of mediums often blurring their conventions Her work has appeared in a variety of group exhibitions as well as The Paris Review Past books include the Xeric Award winning The

Koyama Press » Gorgeous star studded sky she meets anarchist punks in a crack up of metal and emotion that proves sometimes the freedom of youth causes damage along the way Cathy G Johnson is an artist in Providence RI She grew up in Minnesota and graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011 She was awarded the Small Press Expo 2014 Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent Her inspiration is drawn

Koyama Press » Night Air odd couple has just been given a break a tip on a score of valuable alloy The catch The alloy is in a haunted castle One really haunted castle Ben Sears is a cartoonist illustrator and musician born and raised in Louisville KY where he continues to live and work His Double characters have appeared in a number of zines and online anthologies where the protagonist is usually in over

Koyama Press » Lose #7 in a cartoonist at the height of their powers exploring the eccentricities of a woman who befriends her dad s doppelgänger and the realities of a flightless bird boy hybrid Michael DeForge currently lives and works in Toronto as a cartoonist commercial illustrator and designer for the hit Cartoon Network program Adventure Time His one person anthology series Lose has received great critical and commercial success having been nominated for

Koyama Press » Black Rat Closser is a cartoonist and a graduate of the BFA program at Missouri State University in Springfield Missouri as well as a graduate of the MFA program at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction Vermont His graphic novel Little Tommy Lost was named one of the ten best graphic novels of 2013 by A V Club the Onion and nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award

Koyama Press » Dressing a follow up to the award winning Very Casual and shows the artist at the height of his occasionally fever induced powers Michael DeForge currently lives and works in Toronto as a cartoonist commercial illustrator and designer for the hit Cartoon Network program Adventure Time His one person anthology series Lose has received great critical and commercial success having been nominated for every major comics award including the Ignatz and

Koyama Press » Crossways up the side of a building as pure abstraction For Woollam landscape is liquid and the city is a medium as fluid as ink Phil Woollam is an artist living in Toronto whose drawing based practice often focuses on multiples that recall the colorful geometry of the Memphis movement and De Stijl Trained as a sculptor Woollam has also created three dimensional works including mascots based on the characters and